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A map of Cambridgeshire.

[1720?]

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A map of Cambridgeshire, [London] : [Thomas Bowles], [1720?], Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972.




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  • Title(s)

    A map of Cambridgeshire.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Map of Cambridgeshire

  • Published/Created

    [London] : [Thomas Bowles], [1720?]

  • Physical Description

    1 map ; 11 x 11 cm, on sheet 19 x 15 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    G5753.C3 1720 Box
    Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Maps & Atlas (printed)

  • Scale

    Scale [1:600,000].

  • Notes

    Engraved by Emanuel Bowen.
    Top part of plate bears engraved title "The Road from London to Kings Lyn in Norfolk ..." with list of places on the road and distances from London.
    Page 106 from: Britannia depicta, or, Ogilby improv'd, first published in 1720 by Thomas Bowles.
    Shows boundaries, rivers, drainage canals, roads and settlements.
    With a list of hundreds, and notes about the county.
    Hodson, 149-165
    Has on the reverse (p. 105) a strip map showing the road from Beverley to Burlington.
    County of Cambridge.
    BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored.
  • Subject Terms

    Cambridgeshire (England) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.

  • Form/Genre

    Engravings. | Maps.

  • Contributors

    Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694–1767 | Bowles, Thomas, -1767 | Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

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